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Dead people are so unreliable. Turns out the cadaver used to put Rashad Evans' knee back together has quit without notice, forcing the former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) light heavyweight kingpin to go back under the knife for ACL surgery. Again. His knee "popped" around Christmas time, according to a report from UFC Tonight. "Suga" (19-3-1) was expected to throw hands opposite Glover Teixeira in the main event of UFC Fight Night 61; however, the Brazilian was felled by injury and the p read news >>

As multiple Dutch news outlets report, Golden Glory founder Ron Nyqvist has been killed in a fatal gun shooting in a garage in Amsterdam on Wednesday morning. Nyqvist has just been released from a 20-year prison sentence. The violence in Holland's organized-crime scene doesn't stop. Gang-related shootings have been shaking up the country's capital for the past several weeks. Now, another renowned figure from the world of kickboxing has fallen victim to a fatal shooting on Wednesday morning in a read news >>

UFC President Dana White predicts 750,000 buys for Saturday night's UFC 182 PPV event. Over the past year, much has been said about the state of Pay-Per-View and its future in UFC's business model. Only one event in 2014 crossed the 500,000 buys mark - the result of which was a significant decrease in the company's revenues for the year. The fault does not lie solely on the PPV model, as the UFC was simply unable to put on fights that fans were willing to invest approx. $60 in. An injury plagued read news >>

If you thought he might not be ready, you were dead wrong. The co-main event of tonight's (Sat., Nov. 15, 2014) UFC 180: "Werdum vs. Hunt" pay-per-view (PPV) from Mexico City Arena in Mexico City, Mexico featured Kelvin Gastelum taking a step up in competition to square off against welterweight "Juggernaut," Jake Ellenberger. He certainly proved he was never out of his element. Gastelum's power punching matched Ellenberger's zest for loaded up shots from distance. When he found himself in a bit read news >>

Guram Gugenishvili, an MMA heavyweight who made a name for himself in Europe and as an international prospect, has reportedly died as a result of injuries suffered in a vehicle collision. He was 28. The news was initially made public Sunday morning through Russia-based MMA promotion M-1 Global's Facebook page. "He was going to fight in Japan at the end of 2014 and come back to M-1 Global in 2015," the M-1 Facebook statement read. "He was a great athlete and a kind, open-hearted person." No addit read news >>

Former Pride Fighting Championships competitor Hans Nijman was killed in a drive-by shooting in the Netherlands. It is being reported that former Pride Fighting Championships competitor Hans Nijman was killed in a drive-by shooting in the Netherlands. According to several local news outlets, Nijman, who allegedly holds ties to Dutch organized crime, was gunned down while sitting in his car in front of his own gym. It appears the assailants used automatic weapons to execute Nijman, before taking read news >>

The Duchess of Northumberland is dead set on hosting a huge cagefighting event in the gardens of Alnwick Castle, better known to the world as Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from the Harry Potter movies. There's a new Harry Potter trilogy that set to start rolling out in 2016 called "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them." But if you consider mixed martial arts fighters to be their own sort of fantastic beast, I can tip you off to where you may find some of them soon: at the Hogwart read news >>

Court McGee's story is well known. On September 9th, 2005, at 10:56 p.m., the fighter's heart stopped beating for eight ghostly minutes. He was dead, for all intents and purposes, blown out by a hazy narcotic cocktail at his cousin's house, before being miraculously resuscitated on a last-ditch effort by EMT workers who were all but resigned to the fate of the lifeless man who lay of the floor. McGee ultimately parlayed his second chance at life into something far greater than he ever could have read news >>

Sean Christopher Haire, a gimmick MMA fighter better known by his pro wrestling name of Sean O'Haire, was found dead Tuesday morning by his father at the family's home in Spartanburg, S.C. TMZ reported that Haire was found in his bedroom with a red rope tied around his neck and connected to the bedpost, next to his bed. It reported the death as a suicide, although neither the Spartanburg police nor the Spartanburg County Medical Examiner's office would confirm any details, past saying it did not read news >>

Sean Christopher Haire, a former mixed martial arts fighter and professional wrestler, reportedly died Monday at his home in Spartanburg, South Carolina. No cause of death has yet to be revealed to the general public, but the news of Haire’s passing was confirmed by an obituary posted on Tributes.com. He was 43 years old. MMA and professional wrestling fans will most likely remember Haire by his stage name, Sean O’Haire. He spent six years competing in World Wrestling Entertainment, World Champi read news >>

Sean O’Haire, a former mixed martial artist best known for his exploits in World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment, died on Monday at his home in Spartanburg, S.C. He was 43 years old. read news >>